Book Review: "ZeroMQ" (PACKT Publishing)

[Introduction] [Some days ago I was contacted by a representative from PACKT Publishing asking me to write a review for their last book about the ZeroMQ library.] \ In 2009 I was looking for a fast, very fast, messaging system for a complex project and I meet ZeroMQ. At that time there was the 1.

My Delphi STOMP Client is now compatibile with iOS

Thank you to Marco Mottadelli, one of the active contributors to my Delphi STOMP Client open source project. Now the STOMP client is compatibile with: Delphi Win32/Win64 Delphi for iOS FreePascal It use INDY or Synapse as a TCP library, obviously on iOS you have to use INDY. Project is on google code.

Sneak peek to simple integration between DMVCFramework and DORM

This is a really simple (not optimized and dirty) integration between the upcoming DMVCFramework (WebBroker based MVC framework) and DORM, “the Delphi ORM”. [This is the DMVCFramework controller with the relative mapping and methods. In the method “GetUsers” dorm is used to execute a select to the database using the sanitized parameter passed on the url.

#3 "dorm, the Delphi ORM" bullettin

A veeery log time after the last dorm bullettin. But, as usual, I was been very busy on some projects (not only dorm) and the time goes by… However, dorm has been extended, polished and improved over the last few months. Has been used in a couple other projects in my compoany (www.

DataSnap XE3 concurrency problems and Update1

If you know DataSnap, probably you know the famous post by Roberto Schneiders about its stability problems (http://robertocschneiders.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/datasnap-analysis-based-on-speed-stability-tests/). Now, after some (right) dust cloud, in the Update 1 Embarcadero fixed some bugs. I still haven’t the time to do an heavy test but the first “fast-and-dirty” test give some results, and I’d like to share my little tests.

ITDevCon 2012 – RECAP

Last friday is just ended the 4th edition of ITDevCon. This conference is, now, the biggest Delphi conference in Europe, in terms of speakers, speeches and topics… no doubt! Some numbers: 2 days 31 speeches 15 speakers from all over the world (Italy, USA, Norway, Slovenia, Benelux) 70 attendees c.a. from all over the world (Italy, Germany, Russia etc) 32 prizes offered by our (beloved) sponsors.

Enable HTML5 Application Cache on a DataSnap based web server

By default, stadalone WebBroker DataSnap servers do not allow to use the “new” HTML5 Application Cache file manifest. While I was preparing the contents and the demos of my “HTML5 and DataSnap web application development” (with more than 250 slides and more than 50 samples. More info here) I’ve configured the DataSnap components to support this HTML5 feature.

RAD Studio XE3 World Tour - Milan, Rome and Dubai

Last week I was busy with the event “RAD Studio XE3 World Tour”, held in 3 different cities: Milan, Rome and Dubai. In Milan we had a lot of attendees, the developers were looking forward to see the last RAD Studio XE3 features. Fabrizio Bitti, opened the event, introducing bit Time Software as italian representative of Embarcadero Techonologies.

How to serialize a TList of objects with Delphi

Some weeks ago a customer asked to me if it is possibile serialize a TList of objects. “Hey, you should use a TObjectList for this”, I said, but he absolutely needs (I dont know why) of a TList. This is the (simple) sample code tested with Delphi XE2 Update4. Enjoy.

DROIDDevCon - Call4Papers

DROIDDevCon is the first conference in italy completly focused on Android OS development. This post is the official opening for the call4papers! Dear potential DROIDDevCon speaker, I’m building the agenda for first DROIDDevCon that will be held October 24th in Verona (Italy). The call for papers are officially open right now, so if you want to propose some speeches, I’ll be glad to see it.